tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81864243689532945142024-03-08T11:38:24.022-08:00hyvä blogigrantsbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167651937232158352noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186424368953294514.post-52779200585177617712018-08-12T06:42:00.002-07:002018-08-12T06:42:41.088-07:00Online Teaching<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Online learning is becoming more and more prevalent in our world today. This, in turn, is making online learning more and more important in our educational systems. A 2014 study reported: “The proportion of chief academic leaders reporting online learning is critical to their long-term strategy reached a new high of 70.8 percent. At the same time, only 28 percent of academic leaders say that their faculty accepts the ‘value and legitimacy of online education.” (1) According to a 2009 meta study from the Department of Education: “Students who took all or part of their class online performed better, on average, than those taking the same course through traditional face-to-face instruction.” (1)</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>After taking an online course last semester, I have come to realize that online learning is very beneficial and convenient. Although I value face-to-face instruction and think it’s important to be in a classroom, I think it would be very valuable for learners to have some portions of their class online. I think online learning will keep my students attention and allow them to more fully understand the course objectives I teach in the classroom. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>As a future teacher, I plan on using online learning in some way but do not plan on limiting instruction to just online learning. Part of why I want to become a teacher is to teach students face-to-face and be in front of a classroom. I hope to use some forms of online learning but having over 50 percent of the courses I teach be in the classroom. I think that communication and questions are better dealt with in person rather than via email/online. I want my students to be able to expand their knowledge with online learning. I hope my students can learn a lot in my classroom and continue to learn more online. </span></div>
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grantsbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167651937232158352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186424368953294514.post-45797437673662043782018-08-10T08:59:00.001-07:002018-08-10T08:59:07.073-07:00Blended/Hybrid Teaching<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;">Research shows that blended and hybrid teaching is very effective in helping to produce meaningful learning in the classroom. Blended teaching and learning allows for greater flexibility in the classroom. Students can work together in groups, use technology, and still have face-to-face interactions with the instructor (1). Combining all of these things creates a well-rounded and deeper learning experience. Something great about integrating online learning with blended/hybrid teaching is it allows for students to take their time, in order to really understand a concept, and also be able to receive feedback from instructors in a quick fashion. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;">As a future teacher, I look forward to enhancing group work and technology in hybrid learning because they can be very beneficial. Straight lecture is not meaningful or helpful and doesn’t allow for the students to retain what is being taught. Blended/hybrid learning will help students reach the state and common core objectives much easier than simply listening to a teacher talk all class period. Hybrid learning is more meaningful as students need to demonstrate course objectives. The web-based and face-to-face components of hybrid learning are designed to interact pedagogically to take advantage of the best features of each. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;">My goals for blended/hybrid teaching are simply to incorporate the ideas previously discussed. I plan to create a class and course environment that allows learning to be more simple and productive in the classroom and outside of the classroom (online). I hope to bring to my students more opportunities to and power to choose what works for them the best. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>STEM is geared towards sciences and math, but can also be implemented in the areas of language arts and social studies. The use of computer programs, videos, robotics, and other new technologies has allowed certain subjects to be more attainable and comprehensible because such things used to only be read about in books. As a history education major, I have heard too often, from other students, how boring history is. Although I disagree with history being boring, I believe STEM learning can greatly benefit the areas which many students find boring. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>I hope to apply as much STEM based learning in my classroom as is possible. I plan on using as many visual aids and technological resources as possible to help demonstrate ideas in a more interesting way. It will be important to not simply use and read from books in my classroom. Stem will be an exciting way for my students to learn and will open up many more possibilities and interests in my students’ minds. </span></div>
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grantsbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167651937232158352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186424368953294514.post-45269194844721341112018-06-20T11:59:00.001-07:002018-06-20T11:59:53.422-07:00UDL: Action & Expression<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>“Learners differ in the ways that they can navigate a learning environment and express what they know. There is not one means of action and expression that will be optimal for all learners; providing options for action and expression is essential” (1). There will be many students who struggle with organization and strategy (executive function disorders) and many who have significant movement impairments (cerebral palsy) that will approach learning tasks very differently. Some students may be able to express themselves very well in writing but not speech, and vice versa. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>It will be important for me as a teacher to provide materials with which all learners can interact. There is a lot of technology that can help students who are limited physically. It will also be important to provide alternative modalities for expression. This will help level the playing field among learners and allows the learner to easily express knowledge of concepts and ideas. Students will thrive in an environment that allows them to act and express their knowledge in an effective way. </span></div>
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grantsbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167651937232158352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186424368953294514.post-36703691824501984752018-06-20T11:37:00.001-07:002018-06-20T11:37:21.139-07:00UDL: Representation <div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>People learn in different ways and perceive information in different ways. There are many variations in learner’s sensory processing, learning disabilities/abilities, language, and culture. Because of this, it requires different ways of approaching/representing the content. We can’t, as teachers, simply use printed text to teach information. “In short, there is not one mean of representation that will be optimal for all learners; providing options for representation is essential” (1). </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 11pt;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Representation can be effectively integrated into my teaching by always providing multiple means of representation. Instead of simply having a textbook for students, I can provide electronic information, pictures, games, and other forms of information to better reach all of my students. This will help reach different students in different ways. My goal in regard to this topic is to simply provide multiple means of representation. I want to help all of my students—not just a few. I want my students to feel empowered with the information that is presented and not confused. If students can all feel comfortable with the content and understand it, then there will be much more success rather than failure in my classroom. </span></div>
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grantsbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167651937232158352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186424368953294514.post-40429209754525277622018-06-05T10:59:00.001-07:002018-06-05T10:59:13.810-07:00Digital Citizenship<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;">
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<span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt;">According to the Center for Standards, Alignment, Instruction, and Learning (C-SAIL), there are some evidences that accountability pressures that come with standards-based reforms can help with student learning (Figlio, D. N., & Loeb, S. (2011). School Accountability. In E. A. Hanushek, S. Machin & L. Woessmann (Eds.), </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: Helvetica-Oblique; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">Handbook of the Economics of Education</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt;"> (Vol. 3, pp. 383-421). North-Holland, The Netherlands: Elsevier.) However, “a wide variety of quantitative and qualitative research finds that standards implementation—the extent to which teachers use the standards in classroom instruction—is typically moderate, at best” (Polikoff, M. S. (2012c). Instructional alignment under No Child Left Behind. </span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-family: Helvetica-Oblique; font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">American Journal of Education, 118</span><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; font-size: 12pt;">, 341–368.)</span></div>
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grantsbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167651937232158352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186424368953294514.post-39394779677296992662018-05-14T07:21:00.001-07:002018-05-14T07:21:11.028-07:00Initial Blog Post<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #444444; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 16px;">
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- Literacy generally refers to reading and writing skills. However, if you add “digital” to literacy, it means one’s skills in reading and writing on digital platforms. </div>
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- Students should be proficient in using word processing platforms and should have basic typing skills in order to function and stay on top of things in the current education climate. They should also be able to research and and know how to find proper sources and how to cite them. </div>
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- Using technology in education helps students and teachers stay on top of the current technological advances. This will help students in their future careers and college readiness. Using technology also saves a lot of work time when it comes to reading texts and finding information and facts. Students who only have textbooks and a pencil and paper will fall behind and have an unfair advantage compared to the students who have access to and are proficient in technology. </div>
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grantsbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167651937232158352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186424368953294514.post-30651957621060380942018-05-03T13:30:00.004-07:002018-05-03T13:30:26.835-07:00Vygotsky TIPR<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; color: #444444; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13.8px;">
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grantsbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167651937232158352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186424368953294514.post-13033874899580864912018-01-25T10:57:00.002-08:002018-01-25T10:57:26.741-08:00Intelligence<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #444444; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 1px;">
My definition of intelligence is one’s capacity to learn. Intelligence varies among different people but all people are intelligent. I think that intelligence can’t simply be measured with one test but various types of tests that incorporate various parts of the brain. </div>
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There will be students of mine that I will naturally be inclined to think are more intelligent than others. However, I will remember that those specific students are merely intelligent in a certain aspect or grasp my individual way of teaching more than the other students. It does not mean their overall intelligence is greater than the rest of the class. I will try to implement different teaching methods and strategies into my classroom to better reach all my different intellectual students. I will always speak highly of my students’ intelligence because I will find their strengths and build upon them. </div>
grantsbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167651937232158352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186424368953294514.post-19466751500249217102018-01-25T10:43:00.000-08:002018-01-25T10:45:57.841-08:00Defining Learning<div style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; color: #444444; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; letter-spacing: 1px;">
My current definition of learning is the ability to be presented information and to then be able to do something with it or understand it. Learning is a process and has steps. People learn by understanding what is presented before them. I believe people learn at different speeds and that all people are intelligent in that they eventually come to understand. I also believe learning is not solely based on the learner but the teacher, as well. Learning will be exciting and fun in my future classroom. Learning should never be something that someone is afraid of, but rather, something to look forward to. </div>
grantsbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167651937232158352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8186424368953294514.post-68515896386685103192012-04-17T12:11:00.005-07:002012-04-17T15:13:40.971-07:00Individualism & PoliticsI am an individual. No other person has my mind, heart, or soul. I see, feel, interpret, and understand the world in my own way. My upbringing, experiences, pains and trials have all contributed to the making and development of my unique persona. Though I may be <span style="font-style: italic;">unique</span>, being <span style="font-style: italic;">unique</span> does not make me <span style="font-style: italic;">unique</span>. There are 7 billion others who have developed and still are developing their own individuality's. We are ever-changing as each new day presents to us a winding trail of new experiences, which in turn create new ideas, which become engrained in our minds and shift our understanding of the world around us.<br /><br />The presidential election is coming up and our choices have been narrowed down to two candidates, and all 300 million of us U.S citizens have to decide which one they will vote for. I have seen the craziest campaign trail full of back-biting comments and extremely personal and offensive remarks. HOW could someone vote for him?? HOWWW are people SOO stupid??! Not just the candidates but the voters. Friendships and families suffer because of their lack in understanding individualism. To assume that everyone should see things the way you see them is incredibly naive. When a group of people look at a painting, do you think they all simultaneously look at the same part of the picture, think the same things, and make the same connections? Each person has their own reasons for seeing, understanding, and believing things the way they do. To think that someone else is an idiot because of who they are voting for makes <span style="font-style: italic;">you</span> the idiot. I hope that this year we can express our own opinions and beliefs and show respect and love to those who disagree or see things differently than we do. For we all are individuals with unique minds, hearts, and souls.<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >"you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them"<br />--Atticus Finch</span>grantsbrockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15167651937232158352noreply@blogger.com0